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Johnson, Patrick B. – Journal of Alcohol and Drug Education, 1988
Compared heavy and light-moderate drinking female college students along personality dimensions. Although no differences were found in social desirabiliy or locus of control, heavy drinkers possessed greater fear of failure and greater sensation seeking than did light-moderate drinkers. Results have implications for causes of problem drinking…
Descriptors: Alcohol Abuse, College Students, Drinking, Failure
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Johnson, Patrick B. – Journal of Alcohol and Drug Education, 1994
This study compared how alcohol effect expectancies and reaction expectancies related to one another and to male and female college students' drinking behavior. Analyses indicated that different types and patterns of expectancies were gender specific. Discusses results in terms of the nature of gender/expectancy/drinking relationships. (RJM)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Alcohol Abuse, Alcoholism, College Students
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Johnson, Patrick B. – Journal of Alcohol and Drug Education, 1991
Compared relative efficacy of three drinking indices (quantity, frequency, quantity x frequency) in predicting presence of drinking problems in college students (n=55 males; 64 females). Although drinking frequency was as good a predictor as quantity x frequency for predicting such problems in males, it was best predictor of female drinking…
Descriptors: College Students, Drinking, Higher Education, Predictive Validity